Emergency response location detection

Abstract

A disclosed method may include (i) detecting, from a first sensor at a first user equipment, a vertical height of the first user equipment, (ii) detecting, from the first user equipment, a request for emergency services directed to an emergency response service, (iii) detecting an indication that a second user equipment is located within a network vicinity of the first user equipment, and (iv) improving an accuracy of detecting the vertical height of the first user equipment by adjusting the detected vertical height of the first user equipment based on a detected vertical height from a second sensor at the second user equipment. Related systems and computer-readable mediums are further disclosed.

1 . A method comprising:
 detecting, from a first sensor at a first user equipment, a vertical height of the first user equipment;   detecting, from the first user equipment, a request for emergency services directed to an emergency response service;   detecting an indication that a second user equipment is located within a network vicinity of the first user equipment; and   improving an accuracy of detecting the vertical height of the first user equipment by adjusting the detected vertical height of the first user equipment based on a detected vertical height from a second sensor at the second user equipment.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the sensor comprises a barometric pressure sensor. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the barometric pressure sensor indicates the vertical height of the first user equipment based on correlating an output of the barometric pressure sensor with output of a third-party barometric sensor at a predetermined vertical height. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein improving the accuracy based on the detected vertical height of the second user equipment enables measurement of the vertical height to satisfy a safety mandate. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the accuracy is further improved by adjusting the detected vertical height of the first user equipment based on a detected vertical height from a third sensor at a third user equipment. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein detecting the indication that the second user equipment is located within the network vicinity of the first user equipment comprises detecting that the first user equipment and the second user equipment can directly reach each other over a wireless connection. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein detecting the indication that the second user equipment is located within the network vicinity of the first user equipment comprises detecting that the first user equipment and the second user equipment are connected to the same network access point. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising receiving the detected vertical height of the first user equipment in response to the request for emergency services directed to the emergency response service. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising crowdsourcing a multitude of detected vertical heights from different instances of user equipment by aggregating them at a backend server of a cellular service provider. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the accuracy is further improved by adjusting the detected vertical height of the first user equipment based on a value in a PIDF-LO tag. 
     
     
         11 . A system comprising:
 at least one processor; and   at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor, the at least one memory having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause actions to be performed, the actions including:
 detecting, from a first sensor at a first user equipment, a vertical height of the first user equipment; 
 detecting, from the first user equipment, a request for emergency services directed to an emergency response service; 
 detecting an indication that a second user equipment is located within a network vicinity of the first user equipment; and 
 improving an accuracy of detecting the vertical height of the first user equipment by adjusting the detected vertical height of the first user equipment based on a detected vertical height from a second sensor at the second user equipment. 
   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the sensor comprises a barometric pressure sensor. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein the barometric pressure sensor indicates the vertical height of the first user equipment based on correlating an output of the barometric pressure sensor with output of a third-party barometric sensor at a predetermined vertical height. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the system is configured to improve the accuracy based on the detected vertical height of the second user equipment in a manner that enables measurement of the vertical height to satisfy a safety mandate. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the system is configured to further improve the accuracy by adjusting the detected vertical height of the first user equipment based on a detected vertical height from a third sensor at a third user equipment. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein detecting the indication that the second user equipment is located within the network vicinity of the first user equipment comprises detecting that the first user equipment and the second user equipment can directly reach each other over a wireless connection. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein detecting the indication that the second user equipment is located within the network vicinity of the first user equipment comprises detecting that the first user equipment and the second user equipment are connected to the same network access point. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the system is further configured to receive the detected vertical height of the first user equipment in response to the request for emergency services directed to the emergency response service. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the system is further configured to crowdsource a multitude of detected vertical heights from different instances of user equipment by aggregating them at a backend server of a cellular service provider. 
     
     
         20 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoding instructions that, when executed by at least one physical processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method comprising:
 detecting, from a first sensor at a first user equipment, a vertical height of the first user equipment;   detecting, from the first user equipment, a request for emergency services directed to an emergency response service;   detecting an indication that a second user equipment is located within a network vicinity of the first user equipment; and   improving an accuracy of detecting the vertical height of the first user equipment by adjusting the detected vertical height of the first user equipment based on a detected vertical height from a second sensor at the second user equipment.